Career Goal Help drive business growth in hardware and/or fastener related

. industry, through operational and manufacturing best practices.

Profile Versatile, hands-on Production Leader: skilled at

. 27 years: identifying key issues, developing and executing plans,

Manufacturing getting results.

experience as Proven track record of customer problem solving.

Individual Continuous learner focused on: developing and bringing

Contributor and cost effective, new approaches to profitably meet high

Management complexity/low volume demand

. 2 years as Plant Process driven Professional: maximizing equipment and

Manager - multiple human resource capabilities

Plants with Education: Cuyahoga community College, 2 yrs.- Mathematics

inter-related Concentration

products Cleveland Industrial Training Center, CNC Certification

. Industries

/Technologies:

Specialty

Fasteners/CNC

Professional Experience

Elgin Fastener Group - Brecksville, Ohio

Private Equity Owned domestic manufacturer of engineered specialty

fasteners- 120 million+ in sales.

Plant Manager- Single and multi-site responsibilities

2014-2016

(Position eliminated due to business unit consolidation and new GM

structure)

. Provided leadership and achieved production output in accordance with

cost, quality, delivery and safety for two Cleveland based Plants.

. Coordinated activities across indirect functional reports: HR,

Finance, IT, Sales, Quality and Supply Chain as required.

. Achieved goals and metrics as agreed to with VP of Operations

. Coordinated all activities in the areas of product support,

scheduling, material handling and equipment, testing, quality and

shipping of the product.

. Developed, adjusted and implemented capacity planning for the

facilities. Managed and maintained the balance of supply and demand in

support of customer promise dates and OTD levels.

. Implemented lean methodologies to improve cycle time and reduce cost.

. Drove the appropriate level of decision-making; with responsive follow-

up.

. Adhered to approved expense budgets.

. Hired, trained and recruited workforce. Maintained flexible, motivated

cross-trained workforce to leverage and optimize resources to dynamic

output requirements.

. Collaborated with other Plant facilities to resolve problems and

develop improved manufacturing/business processes.

. Tracked performance and took corrective action to resolve production

issues through daily, weekly and monthly meetings.

. Ensured environmental, OSHA and other regulatory compliances for the

facilities were met, including: Abatement required in OSHA settlement

for citations inherited from previous Plant Manager.

Ferry, Cap and Screw -Lakewood, OH

Privately owned Manufacturer of high strength, precision made; cold and hot

headed fasteners.

Held progressively more responsible Production related positions

throughout career tenure

1989-2000 & 2003-

2014

. Supervisor- Responsible for operating procedures and working

conditions. Provided direction to personnel in areas of Safety,

Quality, Service, Productivity and Cost. Managed employee performance

to ensure Department; met Customer and production needs; while

providing leadership for all members of the team.

. Production Lead-Centerless Grinder Dept. (5 yrs.)

o Trained and made assignments, provided technical guidance, ran

scheduled production in accordance with specifications and

schedule

o Lead on R & D Team

o Multi-year Perfect Attendance Award Recipient

o Safety and Medical Task force member -achieved 15% cost

reduction

o Member- ISO Audit Team

o Special Projects Coordinator

. Roll Thread Operator

o Set up and operated Waterbury and Hartford Thread Rollers

o Made minor repairs such as replacing studs, set screws and/or

plate springs.

o Responsible for the working condition of machines, pulleys and

motors.

o Produced Cold forming and hot forming threads in diameters

ranging from 0.100 - 1.250

. Centerless Grinder Operator

o Set up and operated one or more Cincinnati Centerless Grinding

machines to grind external cylindrical or tapered surfaces of

metal fasteners to blueprint specifications

o Followed tooling instructions and standard charts applying my

knowledge of grinding procedures: Read blueprint and job order

for product specifications, such as dimensions, tolerances, and

number of parts to be ground, and tooling instructions, such as

grinding speeds, feed rates, holding fixtures, and grinding

wheels to be used.

Jacobson Manufacturing-Medina, OH

2002-2003

Privately held Manufacturer of standard and custom designed: bolts/studs,

pins, bushings, nuts, shafts, rivets (tubular & non-tubular) stampings/door

strikers, wheel nuts, and other specialty cold formed/machined or stamped

steel parts and assemblies.

. Header Operator

o Set-up and operated Headers, Bolt Makers and/or progressive

Headers.

. Made adjustments necessary for properly headed product.

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